Francis James Child

“ Send for the doctor to come and see me.'
The doctor was sent for and instantly came,
Knelt down by the bedside where Queen Jeanie lay on:
'O doctor, dear doctor, if doctor you be,
Open my left side and let the babe free.'
Her left side was opened, the young prince was found:
'O doctor, dear doctor, lay me down on the ground.'
Her bones were all broken and laid at her feet,
And they anointed her body with the ointment so sweet,
And ay as they weeped they wrung their hands sore,
For the fair flower of England will flourish no more. ”

“ Whilst poor Queen Jane's body lay cold under earth:
There was ringing and singing and mourning all day,
The princess Eliz [abeth] went weeping away.
The trumpets in mourning so sadly did sound,
And the pikes and the muskets did trail on the ground.
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“ But the flower of fair England shall flourish no more.
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QUEEN JANE was in travail for six weeks or more,
Till the women grew tired and fain would give oer:
'O women, O women, good wives if ye be,
Go send for King Henrie, and bring him to me!'
King Henrie was sent for, he came with all speed,
In a gownd of green velvet from heel to the head:
'King Henrie, King Henrie, if kind Henrie you be,
Send for a surgeon, and bring him to me!'
The surgeon was sent for, he came with all speed,
In a gownd of black velvet from heel to the head ”